District Court Reverses, Orders Payment in Kid's SSI Case
After waiting seven years from the date of applying for SSI benefits, the family of a disabled child finally got justice from a Magistrate in the N.D.N.Y. The ALJ’s decision was reversed and the case remanded to SSA for payment of benefits. Read More
Child's Case Reversed and Benefits Paid
A recent case in the Southern District of New York, Miles ex rel. J.M. v. Astrue, 2011 WL 1331921 (S.D.N.Y. Apr. 8, 2011), presented an interesting scenario where a minor claimant with severe speech and language problems had been denied benefits because he did not meet or functionally equal the listings. Read More
Retroactive Child and Ongoing Adult Benefits Awarded
Legal Service NYC – Bronx (LSNYC-Bronx) won a significant victory for a client who it has represented since he was sixteen years old. After favorable decisions in federal court and on remand, LSNYC-Bronx’s client will receive five years of retroactive child’s benefits and, because he turned eighteen while the appeal was pending, ongoing adult SSI benefits. Read More
District Court Reverses in Child's Case
While we hope that the federal courts will reverse the Commissioner’s decision and order payment of benefits in every case, this wish is particularly fervent in children’s SSI cases, where long delays in achieving much needed benefits for an eligible youngster is particularly egregious. And once in a while wishing, plus hard work, does make it so.
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